Author Topic: LIVE: Space Falcon 9 Flight 2 Static Fire - December 4, 2010 (Read 167669 times)

Robotbeat · « **Reply #60 on:** 12/03/2010 04:17 pm »

Something on the audio feed "...verifying... blah blah... 136..."

ugordan · « **Reply #61 on:** 12/03/2010 04:18 pm »

Quote from: Jester on 12/03/2010 04:15 pm

It's the pad microwave link

Wireless transmission would certainly explain the huge signal drops they apparently have.

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #62 on:** 12/03/2010 04:18 pm »

t minus 30 minutes

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #63 on:** 12/03/2010 04:18 pm »

helium fully loaded for both stages

Almurray1958 · « **Reply #64 on:** 12/03/2010 04:19 pm »

helium (pressurant) fully loaded on both stages

Robotbeat · « **Reply #65 on:** 12/03/2010 04:27 pm »

from twitter:
"SpaceXMissions
Status update – Propellant loading began today at 11:40 ET. We just completed helium loading for tank pressurization.
4 minutes ago via web"

Robotbeat · « **Reply #66 on:** 12/03/2010 04:30 pm »

twitter:
"Master autosequence has been managing propellant load and other supporting activities.
1 minute ago via web"

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #67 on:** 12/03/2010 04:33 pm »

T minus 15 minutes

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #68 on:** 12/03/2010 04:33 pm »

Article for the static fire:

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2010/12/live-spacexs-second-falcon-9-static-fire/

FinalFrontier · « **Reply #69 on:** 12/03/2010 04:34 pm »

Looking forward to a good test fire today, hopefully no hang ups like last time.

kch · « **Reply #70 on:** 12/03/2010 04:35 pm »

Quote from: Cog_in_the_machine on 12/03/2010 03:58 pm

Might I suggest everyone set the quality to low? Might help.

You have to disable auto-adjust first though, or it might switch it back to high immediately after you set it to low, like it does to me.

That worked! No stop-n-start on the countdown clock now (had been stopping to buffer every few seconds before). Thank you!